Elementary · South Dakota
Patriot Elementary -06
Patriot Elementary -06, a public elementary school in Box Elder, South Dakota: grades pre-k–3, 982 students, 15.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Douglas School District 51-1.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 982
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- Grades
- Pre-K–3
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 12.8 · 318 schools compared
More students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 100% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 150 · 319 schools compared
Larger than 98% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Dakota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Dakota: 49%46%proficient
−12.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 55% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 49% · 281 elementary schools compared
239 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Dakota: 45%50%proficient
−7.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 54% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 48% · 272 elementary schools compared
239 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–3
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Town near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Douglas School District 51-1.
Location
- Address
- 421 Don WIlliams Dr, Box Elder, SD 57719
- Phone
- (605)923-0080
- City or town
- Box Elder
- County
- Pennington County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–5 | 454 | 15.3 | 47% | 42% | |
| K–5 | 605 | 17.8 | 27% | 28% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 486 | 15.5 | 45% | 41% | |
Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08Free meals for all | K–5 | 368 | 13.0 | 19% | 17% |
General Beadle Elementary - 01Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 483 | 18.5 | 13% | 8.7% |
Horace Mann Elementary - 07Free meals for all | K–5 | 274 | 13.6 | 19% | 12% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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